EP2691931A4 - Systems and methods for remaking ballots - Google Patents

Systems and methods for remaking ballots

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Publication number: EP2691931A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: systems; methods; ballots; remaking; remaking ballots
Prior art date: 2011-03-28
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP12765207.1A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2691931A2 (en

Inventor

Aaron Contorer

Sean Mostafavi

Carolyn Hicks

Jon Thomason

Jim Goode

Elan Kaplan

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Everyone Counts Inc

Original Assignee

Everyone Counts Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2011-03-28

Filing date

2012-03-28

Publication date

2015-06-03

2012-03-28 Application filed by Everyone Counts Inc filed Critical Everyone Counts Inc

2014-02-05 Publication of EP2691931A2 publication Critical patent/EP2691931A2/en

2015-06-03 Publication of EP2691931A4 publication Critical patent/EP2691931A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G07C13/00—Voting apparatus
- G07C13/02—Ballot boxes
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
- G06F16/10—File systems; File servers
- G06F16/17—Details of further file system functions
- G06F16/178—Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
- G06F16/1794—Details of file format conversion
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G07C13/00—Voting apparatus

EP12765207.1A 2011-03-28 2012-03-28 Systems and methods for remaking ballots Withdrawn EP2691931A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201161468522P	2011-03-28	2011-03-28
PCT/US2012/030970 WO2012135359A2 (en)	2011-03-28	2012-03-28	Systems and methods for remaking ballots

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2691931A2 EP2691931A2 (en)	2014-02-05
EP2691931A4 true EP2691931A4 (en)	2015-06-03

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP12765207.1A Withdrawn EP2691931A4 (en)	2011-03-28	2012-03-28	Systems and methods for remaking ballots

Country Status (3)

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US (4)	US8899480B2 (en)
EP (1)	EP2691931A4 (en)
WO (1)	WO2012135359A2 (en)

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2014
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WO2012135359A3 (en)	2013-03-14
US20190347886A1 (en)	2019-11-14
US8899480B2 (en)	2014-12-02
US9619956B2 (en)	2017-04-11
US20120248185A1 (en)	2012-10-04
US10186102B2 (en)	2019-01-22
US20170213407A1 (en)	2017-07-27
WO2012135359A2 (en)	2012-10-04

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2014-01-03	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2014-02-05	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20131007
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2014-07-02	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2015-06-03	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20150507
2015-06-03	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: G06F 3/12 20060101ALI20150429BHEP Ipc: G07C 13/00 20060101ALI20150429BHEP Ipc: G06Q 50/26 20120101AFI20150429BHEP Ipc: G06K 9/20 20060101ALI20150429BHEP
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